Apple loses patent case against Samsung, Motorola

September 25, 2012 11:19

Apple loses patent case against Samsung, Motorola A German court has dismissed tech giant Apple's claims that Google-owned Motorola and Korean firm Samsung infringed some of its multi-touch patents.

The Mannheim court rejected Apple's allegations that the two firms had copied how its devices handled data, according to how many fingers touched a gadget's screen.

According to the BBC, the Mannheim case is one of several patent trials Apple is involved with in Germany.

The iPhone maker filed separate legal claims against Motorola, now owned by Google, and Samsung over what are known as 'touch event' technologies.

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